Big Four Classic basketball tickets selling quickly

Most of Wells Fargo Arena's lower bowl filled; 3,000 seats remain.

7:56 PM,
Dec. 10, 2012

Written by

Mark Emmert
| memmert@dmreg.com

Tickets for the inaugural Big Four Classic men's basketball doubleheader are in strong demand, the general manager of Wells Fargo Arena said Monday.

Chris Connolly said only 3,000 tickets remain unsold, most of them in the upper deck. He is anticipating the downtown Des Moines arena will be near its capacity of 14,500 when the games tip off Saturday afternoon.

"In the past college basketball games we've had, we've sold a lot of tickets walk-up," Connolly said. "That's what you get with students." ...